Ørkenen Sur (The Desert Sur) was a garbage dump in Brooklyn, New York where jobless Norwegians lived during the interwar period.
English article:
https://goo.gl/J5pN1s
Norwegian TV documentary: https://www.nrk.no/video/PS*244112
Google Maps location with pictures: https://goo.gl/maps/TxuQnWu37tq
Is it coincidental that they have an IKEA there now? It doesn't seem coincidental.
https://snabeltann.no/media/NYi5270lbv40gM6h6os